Coin counting and wrapping machine



Oct 15, 1957 F. R. NO REK 2,809,485

COIN COUNTING AND WRAPPING MACHINE Filed June 3, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 15, 1957 F. R. NOREK 2,809,485

COIN COUNTING AND WRAPPING MACHINE Filed June 5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 134 16 I 51 J3 j'zunzjzm arak J5 37 5 4 InZ nfir United rates This invention relates to an improved cc-in counting and wrapping machine of the type in which coins are assembled in roll form and enclosed or rolled within a wrapper, usually bearing the monetary value of the coins wrapped.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a machine of the type mentioned which is simple and inexpensive so that it may be purchased Within the means available to the small merchant, and others usually termed small business men, and which is capable of being adjusted to wrap pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters under the simple manipulation of gauge elements between which the assembled coins are retained preparatory to rolling a coin wrapper around the same and folding the side marginal portions of the wrapper over the ends of the roll of coins.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby the coins, when rolled within a wrapper and the side marginal portions of the latter are folded against the outer ends of the coin-assembly, can be easily removed from the machine' Another object of my invention is to provide a coin wrapper in which coaxial gauge elements are spaced apart and means provided for adjusting said elements so that the space between the same will accommodate coins of various denominations in number to total an amount for each, usually wrapped and accepted as accurate.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a coin wrapping machine having coaxial gauge elements associated with means to vary the space between said elements to conform to the number of coins of different denominations to be enclosed within a paper or other wrapper, said gauge elements being preferably in the form of rods and one of said gauge rods being adjustable longitudinally while the other is held in a predetermined distant relation thereto when positionadjusted so as to receive between opposing ends of said rods an assembly of coins of selected denomination, with their edges bearing against wrapper-covered coin-supporting rollers capable of being rotated, the coins being placed in contact face to face one with another while the wrapper is drawn around the assembly, the other of said gauge rods being pivotally secured so that it may be swung upwardly to permit removing the wrapped coins from the machine' A still further object of my invention is to provide a coin counting and wrapping machine in which provision is made for assembling and holding a predetermined number of coins of any of several denominations and wrapping the same within a wrapper positioned underneath the assembly of coins, said machine including means for more tightly winding the wrapper around the coins at one end of the coin assembly than at the other so as to prevent the coins tipping outwardly at one end of the assembly during the act of wrapping and enclosing the ends thereof so as to permit more freedom in folding the wrapper over opposite ends of the assembly of coins and through the medium of the pivoted gauge rod facilitate the removal of the wrapped coin assembly from the machine.

atent ice A still further and important object of my invention is to provide a machine of the general type mentioned in which coaxial gauge rods are utilized and spaced apart a predetermined distance conforming to the length of a roll of assembled coins of a given monetary value between the spaced apart ends of said gauge rods, at least one of said gauge rods being pivotally connected to swing upwardly and having a disk-terminal at its inner end with the lower portion of its face notched or cut away to provide clearance to facilitate the upwardly swinging movement of said gauge rod and the release thereof from the adjacent end of the roll of coins, to the end that the adjacent side marginal portion of the wrapper will be more readily properly folded over the coins and the wrapped coins more expeditiously removed from the machine.

A further object of my invention is to provide a coin counting or wrapping machine having a base provided within a transversely elongated roller-receiving space in which a pair of rollers are rotatably mounted and at opposite sides of which tables are arranged to receive there over and over said rollers, a wrapper in which a predetermined number of coins in roll form are to be wrapped, said base having supports at opposite sides to receive coaxial gauge rods, one of which is comparatively long, longitudinally adjustable and spring-retained to vary the distance between opposing ends of said gauge rods and the other of which is comparatively short and pivotally attached to a side upright so that a roll of coins supported by said rollers with the wrapper positioned approximately centrally between said rollers will enable the wrapper to be curved around the assembly of coins and the coins and wrapper rolled on said rollers. When the assembly of coins are so circumferentially enclosed the marginal portions of the wrapper are then folded over the ends thereof, after which the pivoted gauge rod may be swung upwardly to remove the assembly of coins, completely or partly wrapped, from said rollers onto one of said tables with the partly folded marginal portions of the wrapper completely pressed against the end coins of the assembly after freeing the assembly of coins from between said gauge rods.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2 on a scale reduced from Figs. -1 and 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a portion of the machine showing the support for the pivoted gauge member fastened thereto.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 4, the pivoted gauge member being shown in elevation, looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line.

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the pivoted gauge member.

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7'7, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line.

Fig. 8 is a transverse section taken on line 88, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line.

Having reference to the drawings in detail, 10 designates a base constructed in any suitable manner and of any desirable material to provide a flat bed 11 at the top thereof through which midway between its length a transverse elongated opening 12 is formed and occupying this opening are two coin-supporting rollers 13, 14, which are spaced apart so that the space between said rollers above the upper half thereof form a substantially V-shaped depression 15, the rollers being independently rotatable. The bed 11 is utilized as a table 16 at each side of the rollers and on these tables and the rollers a coin wrapper is placed, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2; the wrapand deepened between their upper halves for a purpose to appear hereinafter.

The base may be changed in construction and shape in various ways, it being only necessary to provide sufficient weight for the same'to have a firm setting for the machine, after which the coin Wrapper 17 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2) can be placed within the machine soas to overlie the rollers 13, 14 and have opposite ends resting on the supporting tables 16 at opposite sides of said rollers.

The coin-supporting rollers 13 and 14 have screws 18 axially entering their ends which are threaded along portions of their lengths and have unthreaded portions adjacent their heads used as journals for the rollers, but any other manner of rotatably mounting the rollers in the opening 12 may be employed. Since however the base shown in the drawings comprises a wooden body portion 19 over which a sheet metal covering or case 20 is fitted to form the tables 16, the screws 18 serve advantageously as journals for the coin-supporting rollers and as fastening means for said sheet metal covering.

Rising from the base at opposite sides thereof and in line with the transverse elongated opening 12 are supports 21, 22. The support 21 is in the form of an upstanding bracket fastened to one side of the base by means of two of the screws 18,'which also serve as journals at one of theends of the coin-supporting rollers 13, 14, or said support may be otherwise fastened; and pivotally attached 7 to the upper end of said support or bracket 21 is a short gauge rod or element 24, the bracket being an outwardly flanged flat member-fastened to the side of the base and having an opening 25 formed in its upper end, the material stamped from said opening being bent outwardly from opposite sides of the opening to form cars 26, between which the outer end of the gauge rod 24 is pivotally attached, as at 27, said rod being preferably cylindrical and extending inwardly from said bracket overone end of the V-shaped depression 15 formed between the upper halves of said coin-supporting rollers 13, 14.

The gauge rod 24 has at its inner end a retainer or contact disk 28 provided with a circular coin contacting face 29 in which, across its lower portion, a notch or'cutaway portion 30 is formed so that the contact face of said gauge rod has a downwardly facing step forming what I term a clearance space.

In the support 22 at the other side of the base, a gauge rod 31 is carried and this gauge rod is coaxial with the gauge rod 24 and always spaced therefrom and it is associated with means for moving the same longitudinally under a step-by-step arrangement to be presently described.

The support 22 is of elongated box-like formation and may be termed'a journal box. It has an inner end wall 22, an outer end Wall 33 and side walls 34, 35 from the bottom of which flanges or shelves 36 extend laterally outward. The side walls 34, 35 may be termed upstanding members or flanges.

This gauge rod 31 is slidable and-rotatable in the end walls 32, 33. Extending through the gauge rod 31 is a stop pin 37 and surrounding said rod 31 is a spiral spring 38 which bears at one end against the stop pin or is con nected thereto, as at 39, the opposite end of said spiral spring bearing against the inner end Wall 32 of the jour nal box'or box like structure.

In the'side walls 34, 35 which I have also referred to I as upstanding flanges, notches 40, 41, 42, 43am formed, said notches opening to the upper edge of said side walls or flanges and being of substantially L-formation. On the shelves 36 and opposite the notch 40 the letter D, designating: dimes, is printed or otherwise applied. Opposite the notch 41 the letter N, designating nickels, is applied;

Opposite the notch 42 the letter Q, designating quarters, is applied and opposite the notch 43 the letter P. is applied, designating pennies.

The stop pin 37 is selectively entered in any of the said notches and as shown in Fig. 2 is entered in the notch 43 and therefore the gauge rod is positionedfor assembling pennies into roll form between the disks 28 and 44 at the inner ends of the coaxial gauge rods, the space between said disks being of a length to exactly receive between them 50 pennies.

When the stop pin 37 is entered in the notch 41 in the side of the flange or the box-like structure, the disks 28 and 44 of the gauge rods more closely approach each other and are definitely spaced to receive between them 40 nickels and in order to accomplish such adjustment, the stop pin 37 is moved out of the notch 43, by rotating the gauge rod and pushing the same inwardly against the action of the spiral spring 38 until the stop pin enters the notch 41 at the opposite side of the box-like support; Should it then be found necessary to adjust the machine for wrapping dimes, the gauge rod 31 is pressed inwardly and rotated to disengage the stop pin 27 from the notch 41, a knurled button 45 being provided at the outer end of the gauge rod to facilitate each operation.

When the stop pin is entered in the notch 40 the space between the contact disks 28 and 44 is shortened so that it receives exactly between them dimes.

Should it be desired to wrap quarters, the gauge rod 31 is actuated to disengage the stop pin from'the notch 40 and under the action of the spiral spring the said gauge rod will move outwardly and increase the space between the two disks 28 and 44 to receive exactly 40 quarters.

The contact face of the disk 28 forming the terminal of the gauge rod 24 has 'a fixed position when lowered,

regardless of the adjustment to be made for wrapping coins of different denominations and therefore, after the disks 44 is positioned to wrap coins of any denomination, the space between the contact faces of the inner end terminals of the gauge rods will accommodate a given number of coins of each denomination without unduly crowding the coins into such space.

When the inner terminal of the gauge rod 31 is positioned in relation to the inner terminal of the gauge rod 24 to receive between them a definite number of coins of a certain denomination without crowding or being wobbly assembled, such coins acquire a roll'form over the coin supporting rollers 13, 14, with the wrapper between the coins and the rollers so that when the roll of coins is so assembled on the supporting rollers 13, 14, the wrapper is depressed into the V-shaped depression under the weight of the assembled coins with the roll of coins andthe disk-like terminals on the coaxial gauge rods bearing against the end coins of the coin assembly. Usually one end of the coin wrapper is cut on a bias and with the wrapper positioned over the coin-supporting rollers, opposite ends thereof lie on the tables 16 at opposite sides of the rollers.

The end of the wrapper is then lifted upwardly and wound around the roll of coins and the roll with the wraper rolled on the coin-supporting rollers until the wrapper completely surrounds the coins.

In the act of rolling the wrapper around the coins, the side marginal portions of the wrapper have a tendency to curl inwardly against the end coins aided by the fingers of the individual operating the machine and in this manner assurance is had against the coins falling out of the wrapper even though the wrapped coins were lifted and placed in vertical position.

In operating the machine, the wrapper, because of the slight angularity of the axes of the coin-supporting rollers, assumes a slight tapering or conical shape from end to end when wound around the coins and thus the coins at one end of the wrapper will be firmly grasped and retained therein without the possibility of displacement, even though the ends of the wrapper are not folded so that when the gauge rods are moved relatively out of coaxial relation with each other, the ends of the rolled coins may be closed with assurance that the wrapper completely and properly surrounds the coins. After folding the marginal portions of the wrapper against the end coins the coin assembly will completely close the roll so that it may be handled without fear of any of the coins being separated from the complete roll of coins.

In order to remove the wrapped coins from the machine it is simply necessary to swing the short gauge rod 24 upwardly on its pivot and this upward swinging movement is facilitated by the notch or clearance space provided at the lower portion of the coin-contacting face 2? of said gauge rod.

In the event that several assemblies of coins of like denomination are to be Wrapped, no adjustment or setting of the gauge rod 31 will be required. If, however, coins of a different denomination are to be wrapped, the gauge rod 31 will be actuated by the user to disengage the stop pin 37 from the notch in which it was placed and depending on the denomination of the coins to be wrapped may necessitate rotation of said gauge rod 31 so as to swing the stop pin into a notch at the other side of the box-like structure or journal box in which said gauge rod is slidably held.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the notching of the disk terminal at the inner end of the gauge rod 24 will permit coins circumferentially wrapped only to be lifted from the V-shaped depression between the coin-supporting rollers; that the coins are wrapped more 1 rmly within the wrapper at the wide portion of said depression and thus bind the end coins at that region within the wrapper as the latter is being wound around the roll of coins, thus permitting the fully wound up wrapper with the coins therein to be removed from the coinsupporting rollers with assurance that the coins will not fall out of the wrapper.

it will also be apparent that adjustment of the gauge rods is not required except when the coins to be wrapped are of a different denomination. Furthermore if the side marginal portions of the wrapper do not completely fold over and are not firmly pressed against the end coins when removing the wrapped coins from the coin supporting rollers, either one or the other of the two tables 16 may be used to conveniently fold both ends and press them tightly against the end coins in the roll.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A coin counting and wrapping machine, comprising a base having a pair of coin-supporting rollers slightly separated to permit independent rotation of each, the

space between said rollers being slightly enlarged from one end thereof to the other, supports extending upwardly from said base at opposite ends of said rollers, said rollers forming a coin-receiving depression between the upper portions thereof over which a wrapper is laid in which coins assembled face to face are positioned, coaxial gauge rods carried by said base and extending inwardly over opposite ends of the coin-receiving depression between said rollers, and means for adjusting said gauge bars to enlarge or diminish the distance between the same according to a definite number of coins of difierent denominations assembled in said coin-receiving depression.

2. A coin counting and wrapping machine, comprising a base having a pair of coin-supporting rollers slightly separated to permit individual rotation of each, said rollers forming a coin-receiving depression between the upper portions thereof over which a wrapper is placed into which coins are to be rolled, supports extending upwardly at opposite ends of said rollers, a gauge rod slidable in one of said supports, a gauge rod pivotally connected to the other of said supports and normally coaxial with said first-mentioned gauge rod, said second gauge rod being pivotally connected to its support and having a disk at its inner end notched across its lower portion to facilitate removal of the wrapped coins from the machine.

3. A coin counting and Wrapping machine, comprising a base having rollers transversely disposed on said base and slightly separated to permit individual rotation of each, said rollers forming a coin-receiving depression between the upper portions thereof over which is placed a wrapper into which coins in assembled roll form are to be rolled, supports extending upwardly at opposite ends of said rollers, a gauge rod slidable in one of said supports and having a disk at its inner end serving as a coin-contacting member, a gauge rod pivotally connected to the other of said supports and normally coaxial with said first-mentioned gauge rod, said second gauge rod having a disk contact member at its inner end and being pivotally connected at its outer end to its support, the the coin-contact member of said second gauge rod having its contact face recessed along the lower portion thereof to facilitate the removal of the coin assembly after being wrapped within said wrapper.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 672.324 Goldbeck Apr. 16, 1901 720,070 Rice Feb. 10, 1903 2,608,810 Smathers Sept. 2, 1952 

